Sónia Vaz Borges
- Place of birth: Portugal
- Fame for: Directing
Biography
Sónia Vaz Borges is an interdisciplinary militant historian and social-political organizer. She received her Ph.D. in Philosophy from the Humboldt University of Berlin. She is the author of the book “Militant Education, Liberation Struggle; Consciousness: The PAIGC education in Guinea Bissau 1963-1978,” (Peter Lang, 2019). She is currently a researcher at Humboldt University in Berlin. As part of her academic work, Vaz Borges is developing a book proposal focused on her concept of the ‘walking archive’ and the process of memory and imaginaries. Her last film MANGROVE SCHOOL (2022), co-directed with Filipa César, was selected at Cinéma du Réel.
